DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 03/06 Hampshire_IL 889ft pt37818@42.147,-88.420,844ft BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.1 degF SPONSORED BY: ChicagoLand Glider Council RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 09Z 21Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - - Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 55.4 - - 61.5 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - -19 - - 5 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 47 - - 427 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 920 - - 920 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 936 - - 1316 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1003 - - 1225 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 0 - - 65 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 0 - - 1 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 9 - - 19 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 179 - - 190 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 0 - - 9 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 0 - - 313 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 936 - - 1003 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -4654 - - -146 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 5590 - - 1462 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 430 - - 40 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 55.4 - - 61.5 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 55.0 - - 59.9 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 56.4 - - 61.6 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 55.4 - - 59.6 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - -19 - - 5 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 47 - - 427 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 100 - - 101 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 10 - - 11 - - - EXPERIMENT2 PROFILES OF WIND SPEED [kt] AND DIRECTION [degTrue] ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- Height 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z [ft] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ft] 95790 38 248 42 259 95790 88701 36 267 37 261 88701 83296 32 263 35 258 83296 78827 25 259 31 249 78827 74980 24 276 28 255 74980 71588 28 277 30 260 71588 68504 35 268 41 260 68504 65644 39 249 53 254 65644 62985 45 257 68 251 62985 60410 56 257 67 247 60410 57705 63 259 57 248 57705 54854 67 258 61 256 54854 52095 68 255 68 252 52095 49598 67 249 70 250 49598 47354 62 249 67 252 47354 45308 62 255 69 255 45308 43432 69 258 75 252 43432 41714 73 252 74 250 41714 40146 72 250 69 247 40146 38707 70 249 64 239 38707 37363 69 248 68 232 37363 36062 66 249 65 237 36062 34735 59 245 66 236 34735 33354 55 238 66 232 33354 31922 55 230 61 231 31922 30425 52 230 53 226 30425 28851 49 234 47 233 28851 27201 49 239 50 239 27201 25472 52 239 53 240 25472 23665 51 232 55 237 23665 21782 48 228 56 232 21782 19821 51 230 55 231 19821 17777 53 225 55 236 17777 15693 57 222 59 241 15693 13686 53 223 62 242 13686 11860 48 225 61 243 11860 10238 43 223 59 241 10238 8798 42 220 55 244 8798 7517 42 215 43 249 7517 6381 42 214 36 243 6381 5373 41 216 34 236 5373 4484 41 218 35 227 4484 3699 40 219 34 219 3699 2997 38 218 35 211 2997 2377 31 207 34 202 2377 1862 25 195 31 197 1862 1468 21 187 26*193 1468 1196 16 183 23*191 1196 1031 14 182 20 190 1031 937 9*179 14 190 937 PARAMETER KEY: (basic parameter information is provided at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/basic_parameters.html) (more complete parameter descriptions are at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/RUC/INFO/parameters.html) (additional help is at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/index.html, e.g. "For NEW USERS" section) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time = UTC Time of BLIPSPOT calculation FCST PERIOD = Hours from model initialization time Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] Hcrit = Height of Critical Updraft Strength [ftMSL] BL Top = Height of Boundary Layer Top (TI=0 height) [ftMSL] Hgt.Variab = Thermal Height Variability (difference between TI=+4{F} & TI=0 Heights) [ft] W* = Thermal Updraft Velocity (subtract glider sink rate to get vario) [fpm] B/S = Buoyancy/Shear Ratio (thermals may be unworkable if 5 or less) BL Wind = Wind Speed averaged through BL [kt] Direction = Wind Direction averaged through BL [degTrue] Max.Converg = Max. Vertical Velocity created by BL Convergence [x10^-2 kt] (note: BLIPMAPs provide better evaluation since convergence lines are usually mobile CLOUDpotent = Expect clouds at or above sfcLCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & sfcLCL) [ft] sfcLCL = Base of Lowest Clouds, if CLOUDpotent>0 (LCL = Lifting Condensation Level based upon sfc. humidity) [ftMSL] ODpotential = Expect extensive clouds at blCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & blCL) [ft] bLCL = Base of Extensive Clouds, if ODpotential>0 (bl CL = Condensation Level based upon BL humidity) [ftMSL] maxRH = Maximum Relative Humidity in BL [%] CAPE = Convective Available Potential Energy [J/kg] Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] DewPt@2m = Dew Point Temp. at 2m AGL [F] Temp@Bot = Temperature at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) DewPt@Bot = Dew Point Temp. at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] EXPERIMENT = Mystery variable for test purposes (intended for DrJack's use) * = Indicates BL Top (TI=0 Height) on profiles Note: printed heights are for 18Z - heights for other times differ slightly Results neglect thermals created by small-scale features not resolved by the smoothed model topography